
function request(url, onreadyFunction) {
	http_request = null;
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
		http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
		if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
			http_request.overrideMimeType("text/xml");
		}
	} else {
		if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
			try {
				http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
			}
			catch (e) {
				try {
					http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
				}
				catch (e) {
				}
			}
		}
	}
	if (!http_request) {
		alert("Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance");
		return false;
	}
	http_request.onreadystatechange = onreadyFunction;
	http_request.open("GET", url, true);
	http_request.send(null);
}

function getRequest(){
	http_request = null;
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
		http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
		if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
			http_request.overrideMimeType("text/xml");
		}
	} else {
		if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
			try {
				http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
			}
			catch (e) {
				try {
					http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
				}
				catch (e) {
				}
			}
		}
	}
	if (!http_request) {
		alert("Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance");
		return null;
	}
	return http_request;
}

